This Day In History

September 25th

1513  European Vasco Nunez de Balboa thought he was the first to discover the Pacific Ocean and named it the South Sea in the name of the King of Spain.
1993   A Florida judge ruled that it was legal for a child to divorce its biological parents.

1897  Writer William Faulkner
1918  Baseball Hall of Fame Yankee Phil Rizzuto, also an announcer
1931  TV Broadcaster Barbara Walters
1936  Actress Juliet Prowse
1944  Actor Michael Douglas, son of actor Kirk Douglas
1951  Actor Mark Hamill
1952  Actor Christopher Reeve
1961  Actress Heather Locklear
1965  Basketball Great Scotty Pippen
1968  Actor/Rap Singer Will Smith born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Top Hits Courtesy of...

1955

• The Yellow Rose of Texas - Mitch Miller

• Ain't That a Shame - Pat Boone

• Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets

• I Don't Care - Web Pierce

1956

• Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley

• Tonight You Belong to Me - Patience and Prudence

• Theme Song from 'Song for a Summer Night' - Mitch Miller

• The Fool - Sanford Clark

1963

• Blue Velvet - Bobby Vinton

• Heat Wave - Martha and The Vandellas

• Wonderful! Wonderful! - The Tymes

• Abilene - George Hamilton IV

1964

• The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals

• Bread and Butter - The Newbeats

• Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

• I Guess I'm Crazy - Jim Reeves

1971

• Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond

• Maggie May/Reason to Believe - Rod Stewart

• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez

• The Year That Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T. Hall

1972

• Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me - Mac Davis

• Saturday in the Park - Chicago

• Back Stabbers - O'Jays

• I Can't Stop Loving You - Conway Twitty

1979

• My Sharona - The Knack

• The Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

• Rise - Herb Alpert

• Just Good Ol' Boys - Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley

1980

• Upside Down - Diana Ross

• Give Me the Night - George Benson

• Late in the Evening - Paul Simon

• Lookin' for Love - Johnny Lee

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